ianjohnsonws14
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Have now had the car for around 4 weeks and 2300 miles, no faults, no niggles.
Averaging 50MPG so far, not bad for a car this big, most of the miles have been on the motorway at 75 with cruise set.
Handling not quite up to the Mondeo but way better than the Passat it replaces. Engine is magnificent, quiet and refined - more so than our PETROL A2!! - gearing is high but that suits me. It does not like 5th below 35 but the payback is that 75 is below 2000 revs in 5th. Unlike the Mondeo it grumbles before it stalls so you can recover it - the Ford TDCi doesnt give any warning it stalls like flicking a switch. Performance (140bhp) doesnt feel any different to the Passat (150bhp 1.8T) but then I couldn't use all the passat's power at low speed because it did not have ASR and the Honda does.
Seats are very comfortable having had four uninterupted hours in it. Stereo is magnificent, but have not found all the speakers yet.
The thought that has gone into the design is endless, there is stowage space under the boot floor designed to take the retracting cargo cover, enough boxes for all my clutter without filling the glove box and if you want to close the boot manually the motor steps in and does the last couple of inches for you. Having it open itself as we push the trolley up to the car in Tesco's car park is great.
Adjustment on the automatic wipers allows you to tune the frequency of the wipe - most cars you are stuck with what it thinks is necessary - and it works very well. You are not stuck with frequent wipes on an almost dry screen or too intermittent on a wet one.
All I need to do now is find out where to mask the headlights for driving in France.
We moved house two weeks ago and havn't found the digital camera yet, when it turns up and the car is clean will post a photo.
Ian
2002 1.4 Petrol SE, silver with climate control.
Why are NEARLY all the A2s in Lichfield silver ? ? ?
Averaging 50MPG so far, not bad for a car this big, most of the miles have been on the motorway at 75 with cruise set.
Handling not quite up to the Mondeo but way better than the Passat it replaces. Engine is magnificent, quiet and refined - more so than our PETROL A2!! - gearing is high but that suits me. It does not like 5th below 35 but the payback is that 75 is below 2000 revs in 5th. Unlike the Mondeo it grumbles before it stalls so you can recover it - the Ford TDCi doesnt give any warning it stalls like flicking a switch. Performance (140bhp) doesnt feel any different to the Passat (150bhp 1.8T) but then I couldn't use all the passat's power at low speed because it did not have ASR and the Honda does.
Seats are very comfortable having had four uninterupted hours in it. Stereo is magnificent, but have not found all the speakers yet.
The thought that has gone into the design is endless, there is stowage space under the boot floor designed to take the retracting cargo cover, enough boxes for all my clutter without filling the glove box and if you want to close the boot manually the motor steps in and does the last couple of inches for you. Having it open itself as we push the trolley up to the car in Tesco's car park is great.
Adjustment on the automatic wipers allows you to tune the frequency of the wipe - most cars you are stuck with what it thinks is necessary - and it works very well. You are not stuck with frequent wipes on an almost dry screen or too intermittent on a wet one.
All I need to do now is find out where to mask the headlights for driving in France.
We moved house two weeks ago and havn't found the digital camera yet, when it turns up and the car is clean will post a photo.
Ian
2002 1.4 Petrol SE, silver with climate control.
Why are NEARLY all the A2s in Lichfield silver ? ? ?
